Selected interviews — Tara Joshi

Mustafa photographed by LUKE LOVELL. He is dressed all in black, staring out into the distance.

Mustafa: A folk troubadour for the digital age.

“That is the optimal way of living this life…. Seeing yourself as a small part in a larger thing." Kinfolk Cover Story (2024)

Caroline Polachek photographed by Nedda Asfari. She is pouring salt from a silver shell-like receptacle. She wears a white dress which hangs from her shoulder.

Caroline Polachek: The Slow Burn Superstar

“The thing that eats at me a little bit is how subjective my music is.... You can’t get away from ‘Caroline Polachek.’” Kinfolk (2023)

Romy in the sunshine, smiling and looking into the distance. The photo is by Vic Lentaigne.

Romy: Confidence woman

“I was very happy to be in the background as a kid. I think the fact that I’ve ended up doing this is quite a surprise to my family" Disco Pogo Cover Story (2023)

King Krule sitting cross-legged in front of an orange backdrop, winking. Image by James Robjant.

Space And Solitude: King Krule Interviewed

“In some of the performances, in the voice, and also some of the lyrics, I was dragging out the theatre of depression, the theatre of despair. It’s something I fetishize a lot in the music." Clash Cover Story (2023)

Tove Lo in a white room, dressed in a very structured blue dress. The photograph is by EMMAN MONTALVAN.

Tove Lo: The Pop Star Rising Higher and Higher

"I think maybe the way I express myself, for some people, is like, Oh, why would you admit to that feeling? That’s not something you talk about out loud!" Kinfolk (2023)

Kara Jackson sitting with a butterfly on her crossed hands. The image is by Ash Dye.

Kara Jackson is embracing life in all its messy glory

“Words and language are really important to me, so there’s a sense that I’m always doing literary work, whether it’s a song or a poem” Crack (2023)

Skepta dressed in a plain white t-shirt, sitting in front of his painting, Mama goes to market.

Skepta: Living and Breathing Art

“For me it’s about that beautiful thing of being able to look at a picture and feeling an emotion. If I look at an art piece and feel something, I fall in love with it.” Sotheby’s (2022)

Shygirl with turquoise hair, dressed in sparkly lilac. Photographed by Jeff Hahn.

Shygirl is a new romantic

“I’m not any less of a fragile woman just because I talk about sex.” GQ HYPE Cover Story (2022)

Honey Dijon smiling as she DJs, standing behind the decks for the Live at Worthy Farm event presented by Glastonbury festival in 2021. Photograph: David Levene

Honey Dijon: ‘Dancefloors do what religions and governments can’t’

"The people that created this culture are not profiting from it. Until we have people of colour as the festival owners, promoters, booking agents, clubs, then it’s all just optics." Guardian (2022)

beabadoobee dressed in yellow and red with a pearl 'B' necklace. Photographed by Charlie Gates.

How Beabadoobee found her roots

"I was trying to be someone I'm not. I was literally trying to be Ramona Flowers" GQ HYPE Cover Story (2022)

Florence Welch photographed by Ruth Ossai. Florence is dressed in white lace in front of a painted floral backdrop.

Florence + the Machine: Beyond the fairytale

“Actual intimacy, commitment? I really struggle with it." Rolling Stone UK Cover Story (2022)

Photograph of Tirzah dressed in black, in front of a red curtain backdrop. Image by Udoma Janssen.

Tirzah in suburbia

"Coming from my days which are filled with tasks on a necessity basis — bums, breakfast, clothes — as a daily activity, where is the space for creativity?" The Fader Cover Story (2021)